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Iran police seize huge heroin cargo at Afghan border
The Iranian anti-narcotics police have nabbed two tons of high-quality heroin on the New Year’s Eve at the country’s border...
Sydney police arrest 153 at dance festival
Police in Sydney have arrested more than 150 people over drug-related offences at a New Year’s Day dance festival. Further...
Arizona study: Nearly 29 percent of high schoolers smoke marijuana
Close to one out of every eight high schoolers who admitted to smoking marijuana recently say they got it from...
Professor Hamid Ghodse has passed away
It is with deepest sorrow that the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) announces the passing away of Professor Hamid GHODSE,...
EU appoints tobacco lobbyist to top ethics panel
The European Commission has attracted criticism for reappointing a tobbaco lobbyist to its ethics committee on lobbying. It gave the...
Mexican traffickers plant pot crop in American forests
Mexican drug traffickers are using prime new territory for their expanding marijuana growing operations: America’s national forests.”It’s a growing problem...
Liberia struggles to crack down on marijuana farmers
Farmers in Liberia are turning to growing marijuana to make ends meet. Law enforcement officials in Bong County say weak...
Study links tobacco use to gene changes, cancer risk
A new study has found strong evidence that tobacco use can affect the activity of genes known to increase the...